Chapter 593: Return to Mad King Building, Lang Goes Home
The moment Xu Lang revived, he swept a glance across this world that belonged to him.
Grave Pasture was much larger than before, and the tombstones had unknowingly reached three digits, which meant he had over a hundred special abilities and over a hundred revival coins.
These tombstones were arranged orderly on a hill, forming a tomb cluster.
At the outermost edge of Grave Pasture, a blood river circled around, with corpses floating and sinking within it—those were the Herd Spirits that had been sacrificed.
Xu Lang had a premonition that the next time the Scarlet Shepherd advanced, that blood river would stir up trouble and increase the difficulty of advancement.
"Greetings, Herd Master!"
In front of the tomb cluster, the Herd Spirits knelt in a prostrate sea.
Xu Lang lowered his head and looked at the Soul-Herding Wolf. Sitting diagonally atop its head was a fierce ghost—none other than Senior Sister Red Butterfly.
She was tossing a piece of soul wood in her hand, a frivolous smile on her face.
Senior Sister Red Butterfly was very inconspicuous when inhabiting an object. In the final moments, Xu Lang had stuffed her into Grave Pasture.
After advancing, Xu Lang no longer needed to use the Soul-Herding Wolf as a relay station to do such things.
[Nightmare Eye: Senior Sister Red Butterfly: Is this place Xu Lang's secret garden? I should be the first woman to come here, hahaha, I took Xu Lang's first time. He must be feeling incredibly shy and embarrassed right now, right?]
Xu Lang used the Nightmare Eye on Senior Sister Red Butterfly because he was afraid she might say something improper that would affect his image among the Herd Spirits. But all he saw was this messy nonsense.
Glancing at the composed Soul-Herding Wolf, Xu Lang grumbled inwardly.
"What a complete lick-spittle wolf."
Xu Lang didn't stay long in Grave Pasture. He soon took Senior Sister Red Butterfly and left for Demon Box World.
The Scarlet Shepherd departed, and the anomalies in Grave Pasture vanished along with him, everything returning to normal.
...
Grave Pasture was a special space, existing between spirit and matter. Similarly, Demon Box World was equally unique.
To some extent, the Taleblade Demon Box was a part of Xu Lang, meaning Demon Box World was actually inside his body.
The Scarlet Shepherd was also one of the powers he had mastered.
In other words, both Grave Pasture and Demon Box World were deeply connected to him.
The relationship between them was extremely complex. An ordinary person, even if they possessed both powers, wouldn't dare travel between them so casually, as they would get lost.
And Xu Lang's familiarity with traveling between them came purely from the Nightmare Lord's nurturing. He had often dreamed in the past and was already accustomed to shuttling between reality and illusion.
Having suddenly experienced travel between two worlds, Senior Sister Red Butterfly's head was still dizzy. She seemed momentarily unable to adapt to the different rules of the two worlds.
RUMBLE~
A pure white ball of light, constantly vibrating, hung in mid-air.
This was a danger zone Xu Lang had specially cleared for training. It was far away from Sherry's office area and Kui Zi's research area.
However, the power emanating from the Earthquake Authority was gradually expanding, vaguely threatening to spread to other areas.
Looking at this so-called Authority, Xu Lang was at a loss.
"How am I supposed to use it?"
It wasn't like he could just hold it in his hand and smack someone with it, and besides, he couldn't even grip this thing.
Should he go on the radio and ask the Lord of Dawn?
Forget it, maintaining celibacy was more important.
Besides, the Lord of Dawn had clearly used the power of Sequence to subdue the Earthquake Authority. Xu Lang couldn't replicate that.
The Scarlet Shepherd didn't possess similar power, unless he took up the Annalist of Years.
The Annalist of Years Sequence was quite versatile.
"Might as well give it a try." Xu Lang raised his hand, and three Scarlet Herding Chains whipped out with a clatter, forming a sphere that wrapped around the Earthquake Authority.
The power of vibration slowed slightly.
However, it was completely impossible for the Scarlet Herding Chains to seal the Earthquake Authority, let alone extract its power.
Electromagnetic Force spun, and Xu Lang floated forward, inching closer to the Earthquake Authority, then opened his mouth wide.
"Xu Lang, what are you doing?" Senior Sister Red Butterfly was dumbfounded.
"Eating!" Xu Lang replied with only one word.
Senior Sister Red Butterfly instantly felt a surge of excitement. She thought Xu Lang was very clever. His brain truly worked differently from everyone else's.
Xu Lang had suddenly remembered one of the effects of the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art.
[Effect 3 (Mystic Body): Absorbing qi grants immortality, absorbing dust grants life, absorbing light grants transcendence. Can refine all things as a source of personal energy.]
Maybe he could do it like the protagonist of a cultivation novel and refine this external power!
After getting closer, Xu Lang realized how stupid his open-mouthed gesture looked. So he covered his whole body with Mystic Origin True Qi, forming an absorption membrane that siphoned the vibrational force.
And it actually worked!
After more than ten minutes, Xu Lang's face fell.
The vibrational power emitted by the Earthquake Authority was endless. He was like a toothpick stirring an enormous vat, an ant drinking from a river.
And it was completely meaningless.
Refinement, no refinement—it was all bullshit.
If he could casually refine the Earthquake Authority, then by dripping a drop of blood, the Mad King Building would have automatically acknowledged him as its master.
"I can't possibly end up having to hand over the Earthquake Authority to the Mad King Building, can I?"
Xu Lang clicked his tongue and decided to return to the Mad King Building first.
Then, he grabbed the Earthquake Authority, dragging it like a balloon into the second layer of the Infinite Purgatory.
Gluttony Purgatory was durable. It was full of soul bodies.
Keeping the Earthquake Authority in Demon Box World like this would disturb everyone else too much, like a vibration device.
However, reality was even more complicated than Xu Lang had imagined.
After the Earthquake Authority entered the Hundred Ghosts Purgatory, all the soul-type Tales felt a sense of unease.
Soul bodies were actually within the range of the vibrational power!
With no other choice, Xu Lang moved the Earthquake Authority to the Gluttony Purgatory.
He would just have to let the Gluttony Demon bear the burden for now.
...
Mad King Building, Training Room.
Xu Lang opened a hole on the spot within the Gluttony Purgatory, connecting it to a node inside the Demon King Castle. Tong Qi was meditating when a black vortex suddenly appeared beside her.
"Lang Ge, Senior Sister Red Butterfly, you're back?"
Tong Qi ended her meditation and looked to the side, a hint of pleasant surprise appearing on her cute little face.
"Mm." Xu Lang nodded and smiled. "Tong Qi, you're training again. You work too hard."
"Haha, I'm getting familiar with that 'Soul Split' skill you gave me recently." Tong Qi replied.
If she could use the Soul Split skill well, she would be able to control several Ghost Pets simultaneously.
"Make sure to conserve your energy." Xu Lang laughed. "After the Blood Calamity ends, we might be directly transitioning into Building Wars."
"Alright!" Tong Qi responded, then giggled. "Lang Ge, you're the best at conserving energy. How did this trip go? Did you get the Authority?"
Before leaving, Xu Lang had briefly informed Tong Qi and the others.
And Tong Qi and the others also knew about the Titan Dragon City situation.
"I got it, but I don't know how to deal with it." Xu Lang sighed.
The moment his voice fell, a notification from that damn Mad King Building popped up.
[Task "Trophy Seizure" (Rare) has been released]
[Task Status: Not accepted]
[Task Content: Hand over the Earthquake Authority]
[Task Reward: Vibration Gauntlets (Epic)]